There must be an intersting backstory to this press release that Jeff Flake released today under the headline “Speaker Pelosi on earmarks.” I’ll try to ask him about it Friday. In the meantime, here’s the entire, unedited, text of the press release. Oh, Nancy Pelosi’s quote was in red in the e-mail version of the press release…

“I myself am personally not a supporter of earmarks.” – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, January 28, 2008 in a conference call with reporters 

“Whew, good thing!  I can’t imagine what this list would look like if Speaker Pelosi actually supported earmarks.” – Congressman Jeff Flake 

Partial List of Speaker Pelosi’s Earmarks for Fiscal Year 2008: 

• $588,000 for the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing for construction of permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals as part of the Mason Street Project in
  San Francisco, California

• $980,000 for Muni-Bus Rehabilitation in
  San Francisco, California

• $1,176,000 for the San Francisco Housing Authority for demolition, planning, design, and construction of mixed-income housing at the Hunters View Housing Project in San Francisco, California

• $490,000 for
  

  Sfgo Market Street

  Improvements in
  San Francisco, California

• $1,470,000 for South Access to
  Golden Gate
  Bridge,
  

  Doyle Drive

  in
  San Francisco, California

• $11,760,000 for the
  

  Third Street

  Light Rail Transit Project-Central in
  San Francisco, California

• $689,000 for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for the Lower Mission District in San Francisco, California

• $1,267,000 to the San Francisco Department of Public Health in
  San Francisco, California for enhancements to the HIV/AIDS service delivery system

• $1,462,000 to the San Francisco Department of Public Health in
  San Francisco, California for mental health and substance abuse services for homeless persons in supportive housing

• $243,000 for Envision Schools in San Francisco, California for the Metropolitan Arts and Technology High School, which may include equipment

• $292,000 for the Exploratorium in
  San Francisco, California for its Bay Area Science Teacher Recruitment, Retention, and Improvement Initiative

• $243,000 for the Glide Foundation in
  San Francisco, California for substance abuse services

• $243,000 for Jumpstart for Young Children in
  San Francisco, California for an early childhood enhancement project to provide student mentors to preschool children

• $97,000 to the KIPP Foundation in San Francisco, California for curriculum development and the recruitment and professional development of school leaders, teachers, and administrators

• $243,000 to the Mission Language and Vocational School in
  San Francisco, California for a training program in health related occupations

• $438,000 for San Francisco Medical Center Outpatient Improvement Programs, Inc. in
  San Francisco, California for facilities and equipment

• $1,000,000 for the Department of Emergency Management for the City and

  County of
  San Francisco

• $282,000 to the
  San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, SPUR Urban Center

• $2,000,000 to Ardica Technologies for Advanced Wearable Microcell Power System Process Development

• $2,000,000 to BioQuiddity Inc. for Disposable Unit Dose Drug Pumps for Anesthesia & Antibiotics

• $9,300,000 for Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in
  San Francisco, California

• $2,000,000 to the Prevention Medicine Research Institute for Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Modification on Chronic Medical Conditions

• $4,000,000 to the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at the Northern California Institute for Research and Education for Neuroimaging & Neuropsychiatric Trauma in
  U.S. War-fighters

• $3,200,000 to Prosetta Corporation for Novel Viral Biowarfare Agent Identification and Treatment (NOVBAIT)

• $2,000,000 to Inter-4 for Operator Situational Awareness System – MEDEVAC

• $2,400,000 for

  Port of
  San Francisco Site Investigation and Remedial Action

• $2,000,000 to Presidio Trust for Presidio Main Post

• $2,000,000 to SA Photonics for Satellite Coherent Optical Receiver (SCORE)

• $282,000 for Back on Track, Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo & Marin Counties, California

• $1,551,000 for the San Francisco Forensics Services Crime Lab -
  San Francisco, California

• $1,034,000 for the

  San Francisco Community Justice
  Center

• $1,504,000 for Ex-Offender Reentry Services in
  San Francisco, California

• $423,000 for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office Community Response Networks

• $314,900 for the Zero to
  

  Three Court

  Team for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers Project in
  San Francisco, California

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